Kamelotin Thomas Youngblood tulevasta albumista: ”Uutta ja tuoretta, mutta tunnuksenomaisella soundilla”

Sinfonista metallia soittava Kamelot on tällä hetkellä työstämässä tulevaa albumia. Yhtyeen kitaristi Thomas Youngblood kertoi The Jones.Show’ssa, että yhtyeellä on materiaalia kasassa tulevaa levyä ajatellen. Vielä ei ole tietoa, milloin yhtye suuntaaa studioon. Kitaristi kuitenkin kertoi uuden materiaalin pitävän sisällään paljon uutta ja tuoretta, mutta omaavan kuitenkin Kamelotille tunnuksenomaisen soundin. Yhtye haluaa tarjota faneilleen sen mitä fanit odottavat, mutta pyrkii kuitenkin kehittymään. Thomas Youngblood kertoi tulevasta materiaalista:

 ”The thing is we have so many ideas still. I was just working with Tommy and Oliver, my keyboard player, and we have material for the new album right now that we’re working on. And everything is fresh, but it still has this signature sound that we want to have and we feel is important. That’s the trick for an artist — you’ve gotta make sure you give fans what they expect, but you don’t want to give them the same thing, because then you’re not growing and it’s just gonna be boring. But we have been able to do that.

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I think part of the longevity is surrounding myself with creative, talented people that contribute. I have no problem with anybody taking the lead on anything or taking the source on anything, because, at the end of the day, what I want is the best to come out, and I think that that’s one of the philosophies that has helped.”

Youngblood painottaa myös, että tunteiden herättäminen on hyvin tärkeässä osassa Kamelotin musiikissa:

”The feel part is very important. I was speaking with Tommy Karevik, our singer, and we were talking about that a couple of weeks ago. Sometimes I have a little A.D.D. and I wanna get to the point on a song or a situation. Like, I don’t want the song to be too long in a certain part or verse, and we were talking about a feeling. I said, ’The fans are gonna like this because of the feeling — they’re gonna feel it. I know that it might take a little longer to get to the chorus, but…’ He mentioned what we did in the past and how certain songs had this breathing that you could get to the chorus at a certain time — you don’t have to rush it. And it was a great reminder, because when you’ve been doing this for so many years, you kind of forget some of that earlier thing that might have been appealing. So if you can make someone feel something, you can never apologize for it, even if it’s not totally catchy or not totally fast — whatever it might be — but if you can make someone feel, that’s everything.”

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